End of Election Is Win for Markets

By

Tom Lauricella

Nov. 4, 2012 6:22 p.m. ET

Tuesday's presidential and congressional elections can't come soon enough for investors hoping for some clarity on crucial U.S. fiscal-policy questions.

While the winners have a sizable list of long-term issues to tackle when it comes to government spending, taxes and regulation, many investors will be watching the results with an eye toward a more pressing concern: reaching a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, the year-end...